All four clock faces on the steeple that soars above the Liberty Christian Center International Church now record the actual time, surrounded by intricately-restored, decorative columns and ...

AMHERST — Battered by storms, ice and snow for two centuries, it was only a matter of time before the South Congregational Church’s post-and-beam steeple needed more than cosmetic repairs.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has submitted a revised design for a proposed temple — complete with a shorter steeple — in hopes of winning approval from a Texas town.